Um good evening board members. Thank you for the time and effort that has gone into last year's consolidation. I recognize that that this change of this scale is complex and dynamic uh especially for Ruskin. However, I want to share growing concerns from our school community and my experience and how the transition has been implemented and how things have been running dayto-day. Over the last past six months, we have seen various issues continue to surface, ranging from traffic and safety concerns to changes in enrichment materials and shifting protocols to deeper concerns around trust and transparency. Leadership communication gaps remain ongoing. expectations are unclear and as a result school morale and overall community climate have noticeably dis declined. In my opinion, one of the most concerning aspects is that intentional efforts to bridge the two school communities still have not really taken place and six months into the school year, many family and staff members still feel disconnected and not entirely supported.
Hi. As you guys already know, I'm Everett Ott. I've been in the iTech 1 last semester and I'm in the iTech 2 this semester. It's been really, really fun, and we've gone over a couple things in all these classes. First of all, in iTech 1, we did overall safety skills and all of the things around these machines just make sure we stay safe through all these things. Then we practiced all the tools and all the machines in the in the classroom and make sure they all like we could all function with them safely and let them do their job to their full extent. For like the main outlines of what we did, we practiced like basic more basic woodworking in iTech one. Like we made like a key rack to hang a bunch of keys for your cars on. It's actually really nice. And then we made like a fully functioning pen out of wood and we turned those on like lays with turning knives.
Senior Princess Montes says one reason is the lack of electives. >> Besides their subjects, there's not really something to look forward after, and I think this class really provided that. >> She's talking about her architecture class. Students draft designs using professional software. The American Institute for Research reports CTE classes like this one boost student outcomes. >> We can improve the attendance, for example, because they found something interesting to do. >> Architecture teacher Antonio Romo says they're learning hard skills, too. The Puma JTE pass through grant helps rural districts offer CTE classes. >> What if we got you a little something? Get you some sauce out there to help make these programs grow and flourish. >> AO Unified is one of five districts to receive $50,000 this year. Superintendent Dr. Romano Theo says it'll go a long way. >> We're a small rural district. We don't have the biggest budgets.
Um um so I guess just a little background. We started with a study um of mainly that column that had a major crack down the middle. Um the ceiling was still in place at that time. So some of our observations and the bleachers were still in place at that time. Some of our observations were limited. Uh we put together a report based on those findings. And then once the ceiling and bleachers were removed, we came back and supplemented that report and ultimately created these drawings. Um at once the ceiling and the bleachers were removed uh these guys came through the mason and addressed there was a number of areas where the block at the top of the wall was loose and the block around those column wraps was loose and so at this point in time um I was not involved in that process other than knowing it was happening.
Uh and so we become aware of that if it is an imminent threat hasn't been able to be mitigated yet or resolved by the school or by law enforcement, we are allowed then to alert that family of the target and be able to disclose the information that's necessary in order to be able to try to address the imminent threat. So that doesn't mean after the situation is resolved we can go out and start talking with other parents. It's very limited when we can use that and the timing means everything and it's a real balancing act quite honestly. But typically when we are disclosing information to the parent and that parent is not the parent of the student at issue that would be the type of example of a circumstance when we would be doing that. And a lot of times law enforcement is working there side by side and sometimes is the one who gets to deliver the information uh to be able to try to help protect all involved.
So, Lakeland jumps off the stage and waiting for a taunt. Yep, there's a taunt. And now we're ready to begin. Okay, so I'm pretty Oh, so I'm pretty sure by now you've noticed is that Samus has a lot of projectiles, which are bullets and guns and stuff. Yeah. >> Yeah. That's >> aggressive. >> It is really aggressive. Yeah. Eli needs to pick his moves carefully. Almost fell off. >> Oh, there's a forward there. That's good. >> What's the biggest comeback you've ever seen? >> What's the biggest comeback? >> Okay, so um the a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, the Cyber Tigers had only one player left and they would need to take seven stocks in order to win without losing three. The last player on their team managed to take seven stocks and didn't even lose one himself. >> He freaking took those guys down.
At this time, I would like to recognize the following student athletes for earning academic all-state honors. As your name is called, please come forward. Um, first, we'd like to start with Maya Bullock. She is not here. Next, we'd like to call up Hannah Ferguson. Next, we'd like to call up Kirsten Phillips. I get the sticker, too. >> You get the sticker. >> And finally, I would like to call up Isabella Zuckwart. Please join us in congratulating these outstanding student athletes on this tremendous accomplishment. I got it. You saw it. >> Next will be the Indiana Football Coaches Association region 10 academic state. >> I'd like to thank Dr. Brown and the school board for having us here tonight to recognize our one of our football players who has succeeded both on and off the field and especially in the classroom. The requirements for being named academic all state by the Indiana Football Coaches Association is they have to be a senior, played in 70% of the games and have a 3.5 GPA or higher.
Okay. So, we put the meter on and that evening I had a very bad headache and I couldn't get rid of it. I've never been one to have bad headaches. And then the next day I became irritable. Some of my friends started to notice like what's wrong with Lexi? You know, she's just just snappy, irritable. Um, my neck started really hurting. My back started really hurting. My abdomen started hurting. And slowly I I lost um my memory was just slipping. I It was very difficult to maintain a conversation at my office dictating my MRI reports. I was unable to read what I just dictated. Um, and the ability to to focus, to concentrate, to to function in my office at my job was becoming very very difficult. And as time went on, I also started to get a cardiac arrhythmia and never had heart problems in my life.
We watched the Super Mario Bros. movie. We sold tickets and had popcorn. Sounds fun. I am proud to learn to work on the office. Nice, Sophia. This program helped me learn more about banking. Well, that's awesome, Alex. I have learned to make coffee drinks by myself. Excellent, Marcos. I am proud that I have learned how to cook butter chicken Indian independently. That's great, Noah. Sounds delicious. Thank you. I am proud that I can make breakfast by myself. That's awesome. That also sounds delicious. Um this is the only part I really helped with on this. They have done amazing with, you know, coming up with the ideas of what we were going to talk about tonight, doing the script, um picking the photos. So, this is the only little part I'm going to do. Um I'm Cassie Ashman. I'm the special educator for lunch, and I thought we would just talk on a couple of um long-term goals uh that, you know, our program's hoping for.
Each member community, Andover, Lawrence, Methuen, and North Andover is allocated seats based on its share of the district's student population. We'll hold one lottery for all applicants and each student receives one lottery pull. Again, seats are then offered to students within those communities. Students not initially offered seats will be placed on a waitlist. And as openings occur throughout the spring and summer, seats will be offered from that waitlist based on the community and the original lottery pull order. So, let's begin. I'm going to ask Lou Lopes to share his screen and we'll describe what you'll be seeing on the screen. So, as you can see, we're going to retrieve the data and retrieving the data, you'll see the class of 2030. And we're retrieving students with the lottery ID number. Okay? Next, we're going to prepare the lottery and basically what the computer is doing is randomizing all 1,316 students before any numbers are drawn.
I um followed the reporting of last month's school committee meeting where there was some discussion about going into mediation during executive session. And as you all know, um I sent a letter to the attorney general or an email to the attorney general's office because I had some concerns about how that might violate open meeting law. Um the response came from the attorney general's office. You all have that. I think you all know what parameters exist now, but I am somewhat concerned about um the school committee and the the interaction it has had with public and other bodies over the last several years. as I sent the when I sent this message out, I didn't receive any kind of response within a couple of weeks, which by the way, I'm not owed a response, but I w I wanted to make sure that the school committee got that.
I um followed the reporting of last month's School Committee meeting where there was some discussion about going into mediation during executive session. And as you all know, um I sent a letter to the Attorney General or an email to the Attorney General's office because I had some concerns about how that might violate open meeting law. Um the response came from the Attorney General's office. You all have that. I think you all know what parameters exist now. But I am somewhat concerned about um the school committee and the the interaction it has had with public and other bodies of the last several years. As I sent the when I sent this message out, I didn't receive any kind of response within a couple of weeks, which by the way, I'm not owed a response, but I would I wanted to make sure that the school committee got that.
Um by June 2026, we want to increase the percentage of students meeting or exceeding grade level math benchmarks. Last year as a school on SBAC, we were 43% was uh proficient or above. We have a good goal with 63%. We have different uh instruments that were helping us to do that and I'll go a little bit into detail with that in the next slide. And then our next uh wild wildly important goal is for increasing the percentage of students that are meeting or exceeding grade level reading benchmarks. And again, as a whole for third, fourth, and fifth, last year we ended with 38%. We have a goal of 58% for this year. Obviously, we want all of them uh to be proficient, but we also want to make attainable goals. Next slide, please. And that's just some of the numbers that uh I'm sharing with you that we want to increase that and just, you know, we have different measures throughout the school year.
At this point, there are growing worries not only about the remainder of the school year, but also about how we successfully transition into next year without stronger support. I respectfully ask the board to provide additional oversight, clear guidance, and specific actionable next steps to help stabilize the school. Um, my recommendations include um implementing a structured feedback process such as a transparent community survey or facilitated listening sessions to truly understand how students, families, and staff are experiencing this transition. I'm here tonight to urge the board to ask the questions to clarify how success this year will be measured so that the community knows um what what improvement looks like. At the end of the day, we want to know despite the challenges, Ruskin has the support it needs to to be supported um to sorry, Ruskin has the support it needs for the overall well-being and success of its students.
It's actually really really fun to do. And we made functioning like coasters for like drinks on in the house. It's actually really nice to do cuz we learned like being able to glue up everything and then putting it together and how like finish like what finishes you use and like how that affects what you do with the actual like program and stuff. Very nice. And then we did cutting boards and cutting boards was definitely the funnest thing all year. It was I really actually enjoyed it. I made two cutting boards. And they're all they're all special thing called end grain where it makes them like the end of their board so that they last twice as long. I made this one in the class. And then I also made this one in the class. It was actually It was very very fun. And then I moved on to ITEC two this semester.
So 50 a $50,000 grant to be a JTE is like half a million to someone else. >> Just a class to some is a lifechanging opportunity for others. >> At first I was like I don't know what what I want to do after high school and after I got into this class I was like this is actually I really like >> Mont plans to study biomed engineering after high school. She says her CTE class gave her direction. Along with Aaho, Flowing Wells, Tanker Bernie, Santa Cruz Valley, and Baba Kevery School District received this pass through grant. AO plans to use it to add a construction class to the CTE program. You just saw the architecture class, but now students will turn those designs into a reality. They'll build small houses in the new construction class. Isabella, 13 News. >> Wow, that is very cool. If you have an education solution story you think Isabella should cover, just scan the QR code.
So you speak to it more if you want. Yeah, the one the one column on the southeast corner that was real bad, we took all the way down and redid the one that was noticeable cracking on it. And then the other columns outside of the columns next to the air handling units. We took the top six horses and tooththed them back in because before they weren't even tooththed in. So you had a wall wall. You just had a column wrap and that column wrap wasn't tied into the wall itself. So, we tied it in on the top six horses and that was the extent of what we did for the previous project last spring. >> And the one I think I'm looking at this print correctly, the one that we took all the way down would have been this column over here. >> Yeah, it was just south just east of that southeast door.
So, did it flip there? Let's see. It did. Okay. So, this is not a blanket release. So, when this exception comes into play, we just can't take all the information about a kid and and go and disclose it to whomever we want. Um, we've got to be very thoughtful about that. And again, it's a balancing act. You're trying to balance that privacy of the student and their rights under the FURPA with the health or safety emergency that we're dealing with at the moment and how that that may impact others. There are certain requirements that if we pull the trigger for this particular exception, there are certain things that we have to do in order to document um the situation. So, it's going to be subject um any disclosures brought under the health or safety emergency. We're going to have to make sure that we let anybody who we let know information about a kid.
>> Wow. >> It was crazy, I tell you. >> That's some good strategy. >> That is good strategy right there. Mhm. >> Yeah. Looks like the Samus is going to keep is going to keep her distance actually because Donkey Kong's arms are like tree trunks. They can do a lot of damage. >> Oo, that was a big hit. >> That was launching them all the way to the top blast zone. Yeah, all the stages have different blast zones and different platform layouts. Um, this stage right here was based on is based on Animal Crossing city folk for the Wii. Mhm. And it consists of a big stage, very long, very long in length, and two platforms that come in. Mhm. >> Oh my. >> Eli unfortunately lost a stock. Yep. It's not not not looking that good, unfortunately. There's a back air shielding. Ooh, dodge a neutral special.
Corbin Fulenamp meets these requirements and exceeds the expectations with a GPA of 3.877 and a weighted GPA of 4.395. It was my privilege this year to coach him on the offensive line. Um, and I wish him all the best in his future endeavors. Congrats Corbin Folenamp on this prestigious recognition. Corbyrat. Stay there for the middle. >> Next will be MCHS Indiana High School. Excuse me. Good evening. Um, tonight my husband Andy Woolridge is in the back. He's also a coach. Um, I'm an assistant coach and Michael Heights, the head coach, is in France. So, we will try to do him proud. All right. Tonight we are going to honor one of our senior male bowlers who has bowled for four years on the varsity level here at Madison Consolidated Schools. Um he has earned his academic honors demonstrating excellence both in the classroom and on the lanes.